I agree. I think it would be a bit more fair, and extremly valuable, if the company were to do something like assemble the database and develop a piece of software that could dynamically reference the database (including all credits due.) They could distribute the software itself as shareware rather than charging for the information itself.
I'm sure that there would be a lot of wrinkles to iron out, but if I had a thesis out, I would be a lot more amicable to having it distributed freely for research purposes than having a company sell it without prior consent.
I guess I should have thought of this before clicking "submit", but I didn't so an ammendment will have to do:) Perhaps a more viable alternative would be to reward the kids for doing well, rather than for turning against eachother. Offer rewards for doing well and improving their work, while providing means and incentive for those not doing so well to excell. I think it would be a lot more realistic to have a faculty member be able to talk to a student in a non-confrontational manner and be able to offer solutions instead of critical finger pointing. Be able to show the kids that there is something out there that they can do, and that there are those out there that can and do understand. I don't think trying to force them to change will have any positive affect. I do believe that if you show them that there is help, that they don't have any reason not to take the help, and that they can be helped on their own terms would render much better results. Add in incentives to take the help and USE the help, and I think that things would be off to a much better start.
I think there is a point here not to be missed. This actually reminds me of myself a bit when I was in high school. My parents, among others, always accused me of never opening up. The harder they pried, the more I clammed up, I remember my stepmother saying explicitly. I, and I think many others, was partly the way I was because I didn't trust anyone. This includes authority figures. When I was a freshman in high school, I started acting out in a self-destructive manner, mainly scarring my body. At one point one of my teachers turned me in to the school counselor who tried to console me and ultimatly called my parents. The thing is, I didn't understand what I was feeling. Since I could not make sense of what was happening, I couldn't percieve anyone else being able to. My prior experience with counselors only left me with lasting frustrations that only led me to believe that they could not and would not understand. So I learned to clam up. I learned how to tell these people what they wanted to hear so that they would leave me alone. If I had the added pressure of knowing that anyone at my school had the power to "turn me in" for being who I was, the chances are I probably would have simply withdrawn from that situation. I believe that the WAVE program would do little more than make the teens with real problems feel alienated. I believe they would see it as anyone being able to "turn them in" for not fitting in. I do not disagree that these teens need help. I simply think that taking this approach will do little more than make these kids feel that it is bad to be different. I think that if these teens are going to be helped, they are going to need to be helped by someone they can identify with and trust, and on their own terms. Not just someone they see as trying to change them.
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I agree. I think it would be a bit more fair, and extremly valuable, if the company were to do something like assemble the database and develop a piece of software that could dynamically reference the database (including all credits due.) They could distribute the software itself as shareware rather than charging for the information itself. I'm sure that there would be a lot of wrinkles to iron out, but if I had a thesis out, I would be a lot more amicable to having it distributed freely for research purposes than having a company sell it without prior consent.
I guess I should have thought of this before clicking "submit", but I didn't so an ammendment will have to do :) Perhaps a more viable alternative would be to reward the kids for doing well, rather than for turning against eachother. Offer rewards for doing well and improving their work, while providing means and incentive for those not doing so well to excell. I think it would be a lot more realistic to have a faculty member be able to talk to a student in a non-confrontational manner and be able to offer solutions instead of critical finger pointing. Be able to show the kids that there is something out there that they can do, and that there are those out there that can and do understand. I don't think trying to force them to change will have any positive affect. I do believe that if you show them that there is help, that they don't have any reason not to take the help, and that they can be helped on their own terms would render much better results. Add in incentives to take the help and USE the help, and I think that things would be off to a much better start.
I think there is a point here not to be missed. This actually reminds me of myself a bit when I was in high school. My parents, among others, always accused me of never opening up. The harder they pried, the more I clammed up, I remember my stepmother saying explicitly. I, and I think many others, was partly the way I was because I didn't trust anyone. This includes authority figures. When I was a freshman in high school, I started acting out in a self-destructive manner, mainly scarring my body. At one point one of my teachers turned me in to the school counselor who tried to console me and ultimatly called my parents. The thing is, I didn't understand what I was feeling. Since I could not make sense of what was happening, I couldn't percieve anyone else being able to. My prior experience with counselors only left me with lasting frustrations that only led me to believe that they could not and would not understand. So I learned to clam up. I learned how to tell these people what they wanted to hear so that they would leave me alone. If I had the added pressure of knowing that anyone at my school had the power to "turn me in" for being who I was, the chances are I probably would have simply withdrawn from that situation. I believe that the WAVE program would do little more than make the teens with real problems feel alienated. I believe they would see it as anyone being able to "turn them in" for not fitting in. I do not disagree that these teens need help. I simply think that taking this approach will do little more than make these kids feel that it is bad to be different. I think that if these teens are going to be helped, they are going to need to be helped by someone they can identify with and trust, and on their own terms. Not just someone they see as trying to change them.